A8 BAKER CITY HERALD • TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2022
SPORTS
BAKER GIRLS BASKETBALL
Baker avenges earlier loss, prepares for playoff game
Bulldogs roll past
Pendleton, now
await Marshfield
on Saturday,
March 5
PENDLETON (32)
Corbett 1 2-3 4, Samp 3 0-2 8,
Boatman 1 0-0 3, Taber 2 0-3
5, Edmonds 0 0-2 0, Spratling
0 0-1 0, Thorne 0 0-0 0, Jen-
ness 1 1-2 3, Krigbaum 0 0-3
0, Hoisington 2 3-4 9. Totals
10 6-20 32.
BY JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
In a game that in one sense
mattered very little, the Baker
girls basketball team played
like it meant everything.
The Bulldogs, having al-
ready clinched a home game
in the Class 4A playoffs, led
from the start in a dominating
51-32 win over Class 5A Pend-
leton on Friday evening, Feb.
25, in the Baker gym.
The win avenged one of
Baker’s five losses, a 48-47
heartbreaker at Pendleton in
the season’s second game, on
Dec. 7.
The Bulldogs, 19-5 overall,
now prepare to play host to
Marshfield, of Coos Bay, on
Saturday, March 5, at 4 p.m.
The winner advances to the
Class 4A state tournament
March 10-12 in Coos Bay.
Although Friday’s game had
no bearing on the Bulldogs’
playoff situation, Baker coach
Jason Ramos said the chance
to play one game between the
win over La Grande in the
Greater Oregon League cham-
pionship game Feb. 19 and the
playoff contest was “really im-
portant.”
Without that game, Baker
would have had only prac-
tices to prepare for the playoff
game.
“Two weeks is a long time
not to have competition,” Ra-
mos said. “It was a good game
to have against a quality op-
ponent.”
Baker, playing without
starter Brooklyn Jaca (Ra-
mos said she’ll be back for the
playoff game), never trailed
against Pendleton.
Jozie Ramos had a steal and
layin for the first basket and
she then scored inside to give
Baker a quick 4-0 lead.
Ramos had to head to the
bench after picking up two
early fouls.
Pendleton’s Muriel Hoising-
ton made a 3-pointer to tie the
BAKER (51)
Elms 5 0-0 10, Flanagan 3 0-2
6, Wilde 0 0-0 0, Gyllenberg
1 0-0 3, Pierce 0 0-0 0, Ramos
6 5-5 18, Roy 1 0-0 2, Robb 0
0-0 0, Moore 4 2-4 12, Dalton
0 0-0 0, Thomas 0 0-0 0. To-
tals 20 7-11 51.
Pendleton 8 3 17 4 — 32
Baker
11 17 16 7 — 51
Baker vs. Marshfield
comparison
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald
Baker’s Makenzie Flanagan takes a shot against Pendleton on Feb. 25,
2022, in the Baker gym.
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald
Baker’s Jozie Ramos scores 2 of her game-high 18 points in the
Bulldogs’ 51-32 win over Pendleton on Feb. 25, 2022, in the Baker gym.
score at 6 with 3:46 left in the
first quarter.
It was the first, and last, tie.
Macey Moore scored 5
straight points to give Baker
an 11-6 lead.
Pendleton put on a fullcourt
press during the first quarter,
and although few teams have
deployed that strategy against
Baker this season, Jason Ra-
mos said the Bulldogs handled
the defense with aplomb.
Leading 11-8 after the first
quarter, Baker transformed a
competitive game into a blow-
out with a dominating second
quarter.
Rylee Elms and Moore each
had inside baskets — Moore’s
coming off a nifty pass from
Jozie Ramos — to boost Bak-
er’s lead to 15-8 early in the
quarter.
The Bulldogs then finished
the quarter with a 13-3 run,
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald
Macey Moore had 12 points in Baker’s 51-32 win over Pendleton on
Feb. 25, 2022, in the Baker gym.
including eight straight points,
to lead 28-11 at halftime.
Five Baker players scored
in the second quarter, in-
cluding Taylor Gyllenberg’s
3-pointer and Makenzie Fla-
nagan’s basket, both in the fi-
nal 45 seconds.
The second half was more
evenly played, but Pendle-
ton never got closer than 12
points, when Jaden Samp
Overall and league records
• Baker: 19-5, 6-0 (Greater Or-
egon League)
• Marshfield: 17-8, 6-4 (Sky
Em League)
Record in last 10 games
• Baker: 9-1
• Marshfield: 5-5
Common opponent
Klamath Union
• Baker won 60-33 on Dec. 18
• Marshfield won 40-26 on
Jan. 8
made consecutive 3-pointers
in the third quarter.
Baker won easily despite
Pendleton having six 3-point-
ers to Baker’s four. The Bull-
dogs had 16 2-point baskets to
the Buckaroos’ four. Pendleton
also went just 6 for 20 from
the free throw line. Baker was
7 for 11.
Jason Ramos said the game
was a chance for Baker to
work on several plays it has
been practicing, particularly
its tactics against a zone de-
fense, which Pendleton played
predominantly.
With Jaca out, Baker also
played point guards Gyllen-
berg and Sydnee Pierce to-
gether at times.
Jozie Ramos led Baker with
18 points. Moore added 12
and Elms 10.
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